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When electrons flow with Little resistance through a conductor it is called a?
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∙ 6y ago
A conductor is an electrical path which offers comparatively little resistance. Some examples of good conductors are silver, copper, aluminum, zinc, brass, platinum, iron, nickel, tin, and lead.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoA conductor is an object or type of material that permits the flow of electrical current in one or more directions. Some materials with a high conductivity are copper, silver, aluminum, brass, and platinum.
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∙ 15y agoIt's called an Insulator (for example, a piece of plastic or glass)
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What makes an object conductor?
A conductor has low electronegativity and has 3 or less electrons in the outer shell of the atom. Conductors let electrons run through them with little to no resistance.
Do electric conductors block electricity?
NO! Although its no, every conductor has resistance that blocks little current and dissipates in the form of heat. Its negligible in conductor. Eg: silver has lowest resistance compared to iron
True or false does a conductor allow electric current o flow through easily?
Conductors, most metals for example, valence electrons of the atoms can be localized with very little input of energy. Insulators, most non-metals for example on the other hand, offers high resistance to flow electrons through them. In insulators valence electrons of the atoms are tightly bound and therefore at low voltages there is no flow of electrons through them.
What has very little resistance to electron flow?
superconductors
Do conductors offer very little resistance to the flow of electricity?
Yes- you have suggested a correct working definition for a conductor.
What makes an object conductor?
A conductor has low electronegativity and has 3 or less electrons in the outer shell of the atom. Conductors let electrons run through them with little to no resistance.
What is the meaning of a good conducter of electricity?
A good conductor will pass electricity with little or no resistance. Resistance will cause the voltage to drop as the current increases. The least resistance will cause the least drop in voltage and is therefore a good conductor.
Do electric conductors block electricity?
NO! Although its no, every conductor has resistance that blocks little current and dissipates in the form of heat. Its negligible in conductor. Eg: silver has lowest resistance compared to iron
True or false does a conductor allow electric current o flow through easily?
Conductors, most metals for example, valence electrons of the atoms can be localized with very little input of energy. Insulators, most non-metals for example on the other hand, offers high resistance to flow electrons through them. In insulators valence electrons of the atoms are tightly bound and therefore at low voltages there is no flow of electrons through them.
How would you descibe a good conductor?
Something that conducts electricity with little resistance. one really good conductor is metal.
Does electricity move through a conductor or an insulator?
The answer is a little more complex than a neat, pat answer. Electric flow may be seen as forward propagation of electrons, or backwards propagation of positive "holes" which may move through or around a medium, or as the movement of ions through a medium. Depending on the dielectric strength of an insulator, and the voltage/amperage of the charge in question, the electricity may move through, over, or around an insulator.In some cases, an electric current can move easily through both an insulator and a conductor, but in most cases, electricity moves easiest through a conductor. Conductors are usually metals or metalloids that have are joined together through metallic bonding. Metallic bonding results in positive metal ions floating in a sea of electrons. The "delocalized nature" of the electrons (electrons spread out) allows charge to flow easily through a conductor.
How does conductors allow heat to go through?
Heat energy can be transfered through a conductor or medium, in three ways. Radiation, which is how the sun transfers energy, through waves. Convection, which is how wind works, the transfer of heat by mixing particles together. Conduction, which is how your hand warms up when someone touches it. The particles transfer their heat energy to adjacent particles.
What has very little resistance to electron flow?
superconductors
What is the resistance of agood conductor?
as little as possible like less than one ohm would be really good.
Do conductors offer little resistance to the flow of electric current?
Yes- you have suggested a correct working definition for a conductor.
Do conductors offer very little resistance to the flow of electricity?
Yes- you have suggested a correct working definition for a conductor.
What happens to an electric current running along a wire?
In the case of a metal conductor, such as a wire, an electric current is the result of a drift of free electrons along the conductor. Free electrons are electrons that have become detached from the outer orbit of the metal atoms, and move haphazardly from atom to atom. You can think of these electrons behaving somewhat like a gas that fills the voids between individual fixed atoms. This 'gas' of electrons is in a constant state of rapid, random, and chaotic motion. However, when a potential difference is applied across the ends of the conductor, there is a tendency for individual electrons to gradually move from the negative end of the conductor to the positive end. Individual electrons move in this direction VERY slowly -in the order of millimetres per hour. Since this happens to ALL the free electrons at the same time, the effect of this drift is felt practically immediately along the entire length of the conductor.
